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Best all-around skier ever

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treebeard
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who do you think is the greatest skier of all time, not just including park? like counting downhill, moguls, etc.

i know guys like tanner and olsson have been known to slay the bumps occasionally, but i also know they arent the only multi-dimensional skiers out there. i think this could get interesting, and possibly help kill the myth that all non-park skiers are gapers
Apr 8 2009 10:22PM
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Slinger1x1
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FUCK!!!!!!!!

i wanted to be all awesome and say that first and blow everyone out of the water

i absolutely agree
Apr 9 2009 12:54AM
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Skibumsmith
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GLEN motherfucking PLAKE
then Shane McConkey
then Tanner, Candide, Jon
somebody that grew up with a racing and mogul skiing background but competes in big mountain too

Apr 9 2009 2:20AM
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Z_rob
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FO SHO!!!
Apr 9 2009 2:42AM
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GreekAR6
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I'm thinking Candide
Apr 9 2009 2:48AM
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K2skipunk
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eric pollard, pep fujas, tanner hall, mark abma, tim durtschi, sage cattabriga-alosa
Apr 9 2009 2:54AM
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vosgcone
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candide,

then tanner, jon, pep

Apr 9 2009 6:01AM
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drumbumocdp
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i was really surprised that no one has said his name yet. i was going to suggest him.
Apr 9 2009 8:38AM
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skia4life91
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T Hall
Apr 9 2009 8:56AM
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jksl
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Rainville is up there.
Apr 9 2009 9:43AM
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Luc.
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im surprised noone has said this yet...Shane McConkey? he was actually pretty good at everything...at different times in his skiing career yes...but still covered most of the categories none the less.
Apr 9 2009 9:46AM
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kiwisdontbounce
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McConkey anyone?
Apr 9 2009 9:47AM
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The_Future
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Yeah I would have to say McConkey (RIP) or Plake.
Apr 9 2009 10:26AM
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drwclrk
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end of thread.
Apr 9 2009 11:02AM
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codizzle
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Candide, Tanner, McConkey
Apr 9 2009 12:12PM
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pee13
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well said

Apr 9 2009 12:23PM
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codizzle
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or henrik windstedt:

- a couple of top 5 finishes in X Games Slopestyle
- former Olympic mogul skier
- last year's World Extreme Champ
Apr 9 2009 12:45PM
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Treestman
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t-hall, candide, jon, ABMA
Apr 9 2009 12:57PM
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Logchucker
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Seth, Jeremy Nobis
Apr 9 2009 1:53PM
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FMeissner
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Tanner Rainville.
Apr 9 2009 2:02PM
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faceshotforlunch
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t hall yes
candide yes
jon no
amba not at all
Apr 9 2009 2:04PM
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ontwosticks
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I've got to agree with a lot of people out there

Pep, Tanner, Cadide, Jon:
All slay hard, I think Jon combines perhaps the highest average, but he's probably not the best in any one category except big air. Candide's style on everything he touches makes him a force to reckoned with. Tanner, no more needs to be said there. And Pep has made amazing progression throughout time.
Apr 9 2009 2:14PM
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A_Longley
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Darron Rahlves

Jeremy Bloom

Tanner Hall

Apr 9 2009 6:21PM
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tride
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Rory Bushfield:

was junior World Champion in moguls, also one of the first do do 1080 in the halfpipe waaaay back when, one of the first to flip off of rails, throws down in big air, and slays the backcountry.
Apr 9 2009 6:33PM
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CK_Ski
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Thank you...

Remember that huge switch double back in push? FYYYAAAA

Apr 9 2009 6:41PM
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BennyV
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A few weeks ago Candide would not evan have come to mind, but after Candide Kamera Im reminded just how well rounded he is. For not skiing for so long he was already back killing it and now with more backcountry stuff than you usually see in his video segments.
Apr 9 2009 6:52PM
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wintersway
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tanner hall definitely
grew up racing and competing in moguls
slayed rails and slopestyle for a while
still destroys the pipe and the backcountry
and his edits from nz show that he still has all the rail and jump tricks he used to, plus more
Apr 9 2009 10:56PM
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cfox
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done
Apr 9 2009 11:04PM
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Skibumsmith
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How come I've never heard of this guy before? He sounds like the shit!
Apr 9 2009 11:11PM
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.brian
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Mcconkey, Pollard, pep, Durtschi, Jon, and candide

Apr 9 2009 11:17PM
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FUUUCK
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bahahaha let me guess, youre new to skiing?
Apr 9 2009 11:33PM
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somethin.eazy
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very true but he has  no rail game.
Apr 9 2009 11:55PM
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alaskakid
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that was one of the sickest tricks ever thrown
Apr 10 2009 1:12AM
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skier_boy26
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except it was a switch double back flip...


so.... no
Apr 10 2009 1:14AM
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skiingonskis
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and sage
Apr 10 2009 1:44AM
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intifada
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Abma, Hjorliefson, Bushfield
Apr 10 2009 1:48AM
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huge-go
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There are a lot to mention.  I don't know how anyone could doubt Tanner's ability to slay everything.  That one line he slayed in the massive where he rips a pillowy spine super fast and then throws a 30 foot 3 blew my mind.  Abma kills it everywhere.  To the man who said Henrik Winstedt, thanks, his name was escaping me, but that guy placed top five at the x games, and won the freeride world tour.  Bushfield's super well rounded.  Eric Hjorleifson SLAYS the big mountain, and has some of the steeziest cork 7's around.  It's too hard to give the title to one man.
Apr 10 2009 1:53AM
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OneLove_skier
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GLEN PLAKE haha
Apr 10 2009 1:55AM
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saskskier
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JP, Boronoski
Apr 10 2009 2:00AM
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Irotate360
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^yeah maybe if it was strictly back country...

in reality it is still the top 5 of... tanner, candide, pep, jon, and im adding simon....


i know a good percentage of this site hates simon but givin everything he has done.... on and off film... he deserves it. hate his personality or not, he has done work.
Apr 10 2009 2:06AM
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Irotate360
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Tanner: i need not say anything

simon: arguably top 2 pipe skiers in the world. slays park and urban rails

jon: money park skier. one of the pioneers of pipe skiing. honestly have never seen him ski big mountain

pep: can slay anything outside of the park. doesnt matter - he'll stick it and land it switch

candide: i need not say anything.
Apr 10 2009 2:11AM
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alaskakid
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yes, it was just a perfect sw double back off a ridiculously huge jump....what's your point here?
Apr 10 2009 2:15AM
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wnab21
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You really cant go wrong with... SCOTT VAIL!!!!!!!!!
Apr 10 2009 2:16AM
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saskskier
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Yeah, except for the part where JP skied moguls, but had enough of FIS and helped invent the twin-tip as we know it, then proceeded to help progress switch tricks off jumps, pipe skiing and rails. 

And then there was the time where Boronoski was an Am K2 skier and knocked out all his teeth while jibbing and the times when he killed it in the park.

But yeah, I know, they're strictly back-country.
Apr 10 2009 2:24AM
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Slinger1x1
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everything you said, for the most part, had to do with skiing park.

this is best ALL-AROUND skier. that means he can do all that park stuff, but he can also ski a huge ak line, huck a cliff, ski speeds and bumps and trees and be technical.

infact, no offense to anyone, but when i think about all around, i think that park is maybe 10% or less of the "all-mountain" category.
Apr 10 2009 2:29AM
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pianoman
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my thoughts exactly
Apr 10 2009 4:05AM
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johanblaze
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Bronard Rosow.
Apr 10 2009 4:07AM
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wh@t
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Winstedt, Thovex, Wilson will do anything so we can put him in there.

i dont think Jon can be considered all around. his rail game is lacking. very very lacking.
Apr 10 2009 4:34AM
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Rosbif
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Am I alone in having no idea who this is? I googled and there were no results!
Apr 10 2009 4:34AM
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pianoman
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me
Apr 10 2009 4:46AM
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sick.
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I personally think Tanner atm because........

Best in Pipe
Slays slopestyle
Can do sick urban
And is now a big mountain beast
Anddd i think he did moguls and racing when he was younger?? Maybe

Also Eric watever his last name is maybe Hjorn sumthing is imo right up there if not the best big mountain skier in the world and slays jumps.
Apr 10 2009 5:56AM
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